Face Exercise Instructions

One feature that distinguishes an aging face from that of a young person is the lack of facial fat. As we age, the subcutaneous fat that gives young faces a rounded youthful appearance naturally diminishes, often giving the face a hollow or gaunt aspect. Performing cheek exercises help to build the apples of the cheeks, and therefore lift the face, and give it a more rounded, youthful look. Cheek exercises build muscle and improve circulation, which will also help your face regain a younger look.
As well as aging, a gaunt face can also be caused by weight loss. If you are generally thin, it is only natural that this will also effect your facial fat, and therefore putting some weight on will help. This is demonstrated by the pictures of Angelina Jolie below – the first picture shows her as she was pre-cosmetic surgery, and the second was taken when she was 33 years old. While she may the one of the most beautiful women in the world, her gaunt face does make her appear somewhat older than her biological years.

Facial Exercises for a Gaunt Face Instructions

Cheek Lift

Imagine a line running from each corner of your mouth to the tops of your ears. Use your thumbs and index fingers to grasp as much flesh as you can along the diagonal of the lines. Pinch the flesh and pull it away from your face. Move the corners of your mouth towards your temples as though smiling broadly. Hold the your mouth in the raised smiling position for several seconds. Repeat 20 times, at least every other day for best results.

Cheek Builder

Sit up straight, with your shoulders held back and jut your chin forward. Place an index finger on the center of your chin. With your mouth open, wrap both lower and upper lips over the teeth. Look up at the ceiling while opening your mouth wider. Lift your lower lids into a squint. Hold the pose and smile, while pressing your finger into your chin to create resistance. Hold for 30 seconds. This is an excellent exercise to help build and lift the cheeks, and is part of Carole Maggio’s Facercise program.

Easy Cheek Filler

An easier version of the facial exercise for a gaunt face above, is described in Reinhold Benz’s book “Five-Minute Face-lift.” As above, draw the lips inward, and wrap them over your teeth. Raise the corners of your mouth toward your temples. Hold, and count to 10. Repeat a total of three times.
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One of the most aging aspects of advancing years is the appearance of hamster-like pouches, commonly known as jowls, which sag from the jawline.
A plastic surgeon will generally perform a face lift to improve the appearance of sagging jowls. Luckily, this is not the only option, and there are several facial exercises for jowls that are effective. If you pull the skin tight around your temples, you will see this decreases the baggy jowls, therefore it is important to exercise the whole face, and not just the jawline, if drooping jowls are a problem for you.
As well as practicing facial exercise for jowls regularly, be sure to also practice exercises to lift the cheeks, as this will automatically raise the jowls, as a good part of the face “hangs” of the cheeks. Double chin and neck exercises will also improve the appearance of saggy jowls.

Facial Exercises for Jowls Instructions

Protrude Your Jaw

Deborah Crowley’s FlexEffect Facial Resistance Training provides a number of exercises to tighten the jawline; this one involves protruding the jaw.
Push your lower jaw forward, and place three fingers on the front, at the tip of your chin. Attempt to return your jaw to its regular position by pushing it back with your fingers. Resist the attempt by pushing back with your jaw muscles. Repeat the exercise by moving your lower jaw to the left. Place three fingers on the right side of your jaw and attempt to push the jaw back to a central position. Repeat on the other side. Deborah Crowley suggests starting with as many reps as feel comfortable and building up.

Ceiling Chew

The ceiling chew can be performed sitting or standing. Tilt your head backward and look up at the ceiling. Pretend to chew, or genuinely chew a piece of gum. You should feel the muscles working beneath your chin. Continue chewing for around 20 seconds, or longer, if it feels comfortable. This workout will help tighten a loose jawline and reduce a double chin.

Jaw and Chin Toner

This exercise forms part of the Faceworks fitness program. It is designed to tone a double chin and firm the jawline, which will help diminish the appearance of sagging jowls.
Tilt your head back, as in the previous exercise, and look up at the ceiling. Push your lower jaw forward so you can feel the muscles and skin stretch, but not to the point you feel discomfort. If you have any pain beneath your ears, you have extended your jaw too far, and should retract it a little. Hold this position for a count of 10 seconds, concentrating on the tightening beneath your chin. Slowly lower your head three inches, then gradually raise it again. Move you head up and down 20 times, looking straight ahead without moving to either side.

Tongue Exercise

The tongue exercise is from Reinhold’s Benz’s “Five-Minute Face-Lift.” Benz’s book contains several short toning facial exercises for jowls which help to firm the jawline and reduce sagging jowls.
To perform the tongue exercise, stick your tongue out as far as possible; as though you want to touch the tip of your chin. Hold the pose, until you begin to feel the muscle burning at the back of the tongue and underneath your chin. Relax, and repeat five times.

Performing facial exercises for cheeks is probably one of the most important of all the exercises you can do to improve the face, as  loose sagging cheeks can add many years to your appearance. One indication commonly seen which belies the onset of sagging cheeks is the appearance of deepening nasolabial folds. These are the lines that run from the nose to the mouth corners.
A cosmetic procedure that may reduce these lines is the injection of fillers. However, like other cosmetic practices it is not a permanent answer. Fillers can temporarily improve the appearance of the lines, but they do nothing to address the cause – which is atrophy of the cheek muscles. By performing the following facial exercises for cheeks regularly, you can strengthen the cheek muscles and therefore reduce the severity of nasolabial lines.

Facial Exercises for Cheeks Instructions

Cheek Developer
The Cheek Developer is one of many effective exercises from Carole Maggio’s Facercise. Carole was a qualified beautician with a thriving practice when she began to research ways to fight aging after her husband told her she was aging badly. Now well in her sixties, Carole looks to be around mid-fifties, and the I believe the husband is now an ex, although I may be wrong there.
The cheek developer is one of several facial exercises for cheeks devised by Carole to improve sagging:
Sit on a chair, holding your back erect. Imagine there is a dot in the center of your lower and upper lip. Wrap your lips over your teeth, open your mouth and imagine the two dots are being pulled apart, but still facing each other.
Place the sides of your index fingers lightly on the apples of your cheeks. Without moving your lips away from your teeth, try to smile widely, then relax. As you smile, you will feel your cheeks lifting beneath your fingers. Repeat the movement 35 times in quick succession, twice daily.
Cheek Raiser
Deborah Crowley is another of the earlier producers of a long-standing facial exercise program. Deborah is now in her early sixties, but like Carole Maggio looks about 15 years younger. Her “Flex Effect Facial Resistance” training method was originally released in 1979, and these days as well as selling the program, she runs an online training course for those who wish to become certified Flexeffect trainers, as well as maintaining a busy online discussion and help forum.
Deb’s Flex Effect program provides several facial exercises to lift sagging cheeks. The “Cheek Raiser” is an easy routine that can be performed just about anywhere – but maybe better when you are alone, unless you don’t mind receiving curious looks.
Place the three middle fingers of each hand on top of the fleshy part of the cheek, just underneath your lower eyelids. Press downward, and hold firmly. At the same time, open your mouth and contract the muscle as though smiling. Hold the pose while counting to six, and repeat ten times.
Cheek Lift
Louise Annette is author of an excellent facial exercise program named “Ageless If You Dare.”
Louise says that by exercising the cheek muscles, and therefore lifting the cheeks, the whole face will regain a youthful look, as the rest of  the face “hangs” of the cheeks. She recommends an easy exercise she named the “Cheek Lift.” Using whatever grip feels more comfortable (I use my thumbs and the sides of my index fingers) grab as much flesh as you can vertically alongside each side of your nose, just under the center of your eyes. Contract the cheek muscles, and lift your cheeks up to the eyes. Hold for a few moments and relax. Repeat 20 times, every other day.